Tech Reliance sends Tremors at Infosys + TCS + Satyam

Anil Ambani has finally made it public about his IT Consulting ambitions. Fueled with synergies from RCom + Yipes, Anil Ambani has hand picked a team of 15 professionals to scale the IT business.

The company will operate in the domains of consultancy, infrastructure management, application development, management and domestic SME market.

With falling dollar and margins under heavy pressure, Sr executives at Infosys, TCS and Satyam are already looking towards Anil Ambani’s Tech Reliance to make their last Stock Options bounty. Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Gurgaon IT centers will open for business within the next 6 weeks.

Venus gets European GMP certification

Venus Remedies has been accredited with the European GMP certification for its cephalosporin and carbapenem plants at Baddi, India, a rare and most coveted certification for regulated markets.
The cephalosporin and carbapenem plants of the company were inspected by the European authorities and found to be complying with the manufacturing and quality control standards as per the European good manufacturing practice.

The European – GMP certification is a pre-requisite for Export to European union. Venus is the only company in India to have an EU-GMP certified plant for carbapenems, which the have huge market potential across the globe. With this accreditation, the company can now freely export to not only 36 countries of European union, but also to Canada and Australia, which recognize European GMP. Now the company can surge ahead in the regulated European and Canadian markets, as per its strategy, in sync with its subsidiary Venus Pharma GmbH, Germany and realize its export targets as per projections.

Marksans Pharma acquires Hale Group

The board of Marksans Pharma has decided to enter into share purchase agreement with Hale Group, U.K. for acquiring its entire share capital along with its subsidiary company Bell, Sons & Co. (Druggists) and authority to Mark Saldanha, managing director to execute the same. The above acquisition shall be through companies 100% subsidiary, Marksans Pharma U.K.

Foreign Investors View about India in 2008

Here is what various Foreign Institutional Investors think about India.
Citigroup Report says,

Given the current infrastructure deficit and above 90% capacity utilization ratios in many key industries, we expect the rapid pace of investment to continue into 2008. Consumption has slowed due to interest rate tightening, favorable demographics, increasing penetration of retail credit and untapped rural potential indicate the consumption story is still alive. India has potential to further lift its trend growth level and remain one of the fastest-growing economies in the region. But moving to a higher growth trajectory entails addressing a number of challenges.
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No Entry Load – New Year Bonanza

The SEBI has finally tackled the cartel of AMCs which included ICICI, Reliance, HDFC, HSBC and other Mutual Fund houses which came together in June-06 and started charging entry loads of 2.25% on open ended mutual fund investment schemes. Our Analyst had written to SEBI, Finance Ministry and AMFI complaining the same. [PDF] We are releasing the Copy of the Letter.

SEBI has now directed Mutual Fund houses that starting from Jan-4th all Direct investments [internet submitted to the AMC, collection centre or investor service centre] in Mutual Funds will have no entry load.

Buy Carol Info Services

You are reading this first hereCarol Info Services Limited (CISL) is a subsidiary of Khorakiwala Holdings and Investments Private Limited. Pursuant to a scheme of arrangement, the pharmaceutical business of the Company was demerged into Wockhardt Limited with effect from January 01, 2000. CISL, formerly known as Wockhardt Life Sciences Ltd is currently engaged in contract manufacturing in the nutrition industry. Its plant in Lalru, Punjab manufactures neutraceutical and other milk-based products for Wockhardt Ltd. (more…)

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